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Made 41 Bales of Cotton With Only One Mule Read in our Farmers' Year Book or Almanac for 191o how a planter in Terrell County, Georgia, made 41 bales of cotton with only one plow, a record breaking yield, and he had a nine wecks' drought-the worst in years. His gross income was $2,098.47 for this crop. You can do it too By Using Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers liberally, combined with careful seed selection, thorough cultivation, and a fair season. Ask your fertilizer dealer for a copy of this free book, or write us for one. Be sure you haul home only Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers SALES OFFICES; Eechmod. V2. M.'as C&. Mafl as thi Costoa Noiok. Va. Sa . C;Couba. S. C. VSnZIXIA CAaoiLnA CXZM:CAZ. rukam. N. C. COMPANY.I P!ea sed me a cc-y of your Ieso SC s t !s . N. C. Farme, Yea Book ftcc of com. CNzeszoa. *. C. ra,itbic. Md.Canl .........................-- .. b.. C To. ............................. . h ic. At. MCmbi.. TC. KYANIZ FLOOR FINIH wil %tand the scuffs rubs and grinds of the leathe sole and the scrapes, dents and sctches of the steel studded heel. .R iC dries elastic and will not peel, chip flake or rub off. IWs made to walk on. It's gar. anteed to wear snd last and give satis faction. Ma in Cle r and Seven Beap Colos d oadto e Interte Wtdwd . PLOWDEN HARDWARE CO. flae 6on rub (S off.I II C1 C 00~~ We wish to thank our customers for the liberal Patronage during the fall. We bp-g to say ou- Stock i:; complet-c in everv Line, and we can save you money on snt artice in our Lines. We have just unloaded two cars of Buggies nto Wour Repository. and we give the best guarantee with our goags of any dealer in the county. When icomes Wgons and Handmade Harness our competitors ur less. Wi js unloaedtwacrscarugisont M uleDsitry an d gv h Hrsrnees it aur goods fi any odelri h ony We toe FulWagone ofanrCild Pad-aeoares our Pcope-r pairs alwyis non teWs.n ti ekw We only ask for your inspection of our Stock be tore 'you buy. To look and price, means we trade. Wishing you all a merry Christmas. I am yours for a square deal, small protits and quick sales. D;M. BRADHAM & SON $ In theFight; The decks are cleared for action. I am now in the race: for cash trade, and I have a splendid stock of everythmgiz needed on the farm or in the household. I cordially invite an inspection of my- stock of Dry Goods, Fancy Goods, . Notions, Shoes, Hats, Clothing, Crockery, Tin, Wooden and Hardware. GR OCERIES of all kinds and in large qufantities. Come to my store, price my goods, examine the quality. and if not as cheap as the cheapest. then dou t buy fromi me. I have madie sieciai arrang~ements to do a large cash tradle this season, and' I fully realize that I must, to do businecss, meet sharp competition. TLis I have prepared tor I want your trade Yours. ete.. B.A. JOHNSON. HORSES, MULES, BUGGIES. WAGONS. HARNESS. Lie.Building Material, Lie.CementAcme Wall Plaster. Shingles. Laths. Fire Brick. Clay. Stove Flue 4 Drain Pipe. &c. HAY AND GRAIN. OasWhat Re, SEED. Oats What, yeand Barley. A carload or a single C article. Come and see us. if unabie to do. write or ? - 'phone No. 10. BOOTIHHARDY LIVE STOCK CO, SUMTER. S. C. Lrno.Yur_ Job Pni-- t. The T:i.~ THE PLANET VENUS. Night Eternal Reigns Ov .ne-haif of Her Globe. To have the same hemisphere ex i..vsedI everas:!n;;y to suihtht wh ile the other is i.rpe':tuity turnt away miust ca : a 4-ae f thingzs of which we can fvrm l.-t f:: i;:t c.ncption ir:u what we know en earth. lkilod for tacens witout icing t nds j :still baki tlhe s.unward fawe :m-us: if nhile be a T11:let sur:a.n our l.-v. :s at must be, as we shal ;.resently 'ee. Ieverse:y the othe :ust Le a hyper bore'an expa:.e to 'Which I-u.r polar re gions are te *':rate :ilodes. for upon one whole hm'i-sphere ef Venus the sun never shines. never so much ns reets :boce the star studded horizon. Night eernal reigns over half of her globe. The thought would appall the most intrepid of our arctic explorers and prevent at least everybody from ::in;: to the p..". .r. rath!er. n hat here replaces i:. -throu::h the dark conti-en:. : exemliies the even tual effects of a force in astronmical techaies the importance of which i' on!v begitming to be appreciated. tidal fri-t ion. It has brought Venus as a :..-r! tthe dea'hly pass we have con : .-::;. ed f ktr .'Tr. Starting merely as a brake upon her rotation. It has ended iy destroyi::g al! :hose physical oni:iions which enable o-ur own world to be what it is. Night and day. summer and winter, heat and cold. are vital vicissitudes unknown now upon our sister orb. There nothing chances while the centuries pass. .in eternity of deadly deathlessness is 'venus' stat uesque lot.-Dr. Percival Lowell in Popular Science. OLE BULL Not a Classical Player, but He Be witched His Hearers. The truth is that Ole Bull was not a classical player. .As I remember him, be could not play in strict tempo. Like Chopin. he indulged in the rubato and rbusedI the portantento. But he knew is public. .mnerica. particularly -in the regions visited, was not in the mood for sonatas or concertos. "Old Dan Tacker" at.d the "Arkansaw Trav eler" were the mode. Bull played them both, played jigs and old tunes, roused the echoes with the *Star Spangled Banner" and Irish melodIes. lie play ed such things beautifully, nnd it would have been musical snobbery to say that you didn't like them. You ouldn't help yourself. The grand old fellow bewitched 3 on. He was a handsome Merlin, with a touch of the charlatan and a touch of Liszt in his tall, wl!lowy figure. small waist and heavy head of hair. Such white hair: It tumbled in masses about his kindly face like one of his native Norwegian cataracts. He was the most picturesque old man I ever saw except Walt Whitman. at that time a steady attendant of the Car! Gaertner string quartet concerts in Philadelphia. (And what Walt didn't know about music Ie made up in his love for stray dogs. He was seldom without canine company.)-James Hu eker in Everybody's Magazine. A Lesson' For Nellie. Mrs. Washington was a strict disci pinarian about certain matters and among ether thniv.gs always required the members ef the household to fol low the example of her husband and dress for dinner, which was at 3: 'clock. On one occasion Nellie Cus tis and her cousin. Martha Dandridge. appeared at the table in their morning gowns, but no comment was made upon it until a coach was seen tip praching and the visitors, some French ofiicers of high rank and Charles Carroll. Jr.. of Carrollton, one f Miss Custis' ardent suitors, were announced. Instantly the girls, in a futter of excitement, begged to be ex :used In order to change their gowns. but Mrs. Wa.hington shook her head. "o," she said. "Remain as you are. A costume good enough for President Washington Is good enough for any uest of his." Needless to say. Miss ellie never over'ook'ed her proper arb for dinner again. - National onthly.________ Sensible Sandy. While passingt by an old fashioned inn in Scotland the tourists were at tracted by an ancient bagpiper, who was tooting atrocious sounds' through n instrument that was both diinpi ated and squeaky. "Great Jericho, Sandy'" exclaimed one in desperation. Why don't you have your bagpIpes repaired?" And the old man ceased playing and looked up in astonish ment. "Hlavers, "'on, ye dinna under stand! If ma bagpoipes wor In good: tune the ian mon winna give me 2: shillings to move on." Wind Velocity. The majority of people are unable to: :etermine the wind's velocity. When the smuoke from a chimney moves in a straiht, vertical column, it means that one to two miles an hour breeze is blowing. A three miles an hour wind: will just stir the leaves on the trees. Twenty-ive miles an hour will sway the trunks: at forty the small branches will break, and It takes a mile a min ute gale to snap the trunks of big trees.-London Answers. Advice. "Nobody listens to advice." "You're wrong. One fello-.r always does." "Who's that'" "The fellow who's givin~t it."-Ceve' land Leader. No Difference. Jinks-Whichi women have the worst tempers, blonds or brunettes? Binks-, My wife has been both, and I could aiot see any diilerence.-New York T ies. Fole's Kidney Remedy is a safe and 'erait remedy for all kidney and blad der di-ease's, whe:':,er a:ie or enronme. t i a glendid tonie' for'm.iudle aged1 nd elderly people and a sure curec for ll annov ances and irr:-gularith ( f the idner :td bader. W. I-. I rown a Unpleasant to Have Around. "Are you still agaged to \Mr. "No. I broke it og last week. was :afraid to marry him. Hie knows too much. ':gave him some ribbon to match. He fo.urad it !n the first store he went t-'. and he bought It for 2 ents below thte regular price." The Barrier. Blbbs-No; I shall never marry. Slobs-ltut vou don't seem like a wo man hater. In fact. you seerm very fond of the fair sex. Blobbs-Yes, and I tak in my slee'p.-Exc'hange Lenty is a part of Mercy, but she; cst not speak too loud for fear of t,'akin -rsl. -Jouemht+ GUN COTTON. A rcculiar Characteristic of This Ter rible Expiosive. M.:ny and odd are the materials en terihn into the nanufacture of modern e but perhaps the most inter esting of al these eenents of detrue tion as -11, as the s:1peSt Is gu cet ton. The :uu cotton manufacturing in dustry Is large. as enormous quantities ae used in the charging of torpedoes and for similr purposes. The base of gu:i c.:to is pure raw cotton or even cotton waste. such as is used to clean macinlery This is steep ed in a solution of one part of nitrie and three parts of sulphuric a-id. It Is the former ingredient that renders the mass explosive, the srlphuric acid be ing used merely to absorb all moisture. thus permitting the nitric acid to com blue more readily with the cellulose of the cotton. After being soaked for several hours In the solution descr4.>ed the cotton is passed Lbetween rzilers to expel all nonabsorbed acid. a process carried to completion by washing the cotton in clear water. This washing process Is a long one. requiring machinery which reduces the cotton to a mass reseni bling paper pulp. Should any nonab sorbed acid be allowed to remain it would decompose the cotton. If the explosive is to be used after the manner of powder it is still fur ther pulverized and then thoroughly dried. but if Intended for torpedoes it is pressed irto cakes of various shapes and sizes-disk shaped. cylindrical. tIat squares and cubes. When not com pre-sed gun cotton Is very light. as light as ordinary batting. A peculiar characteristic of this ter rible explosive Is that a brick of It when wet may be placed on a bed of hot coals. and as the moisture dries out the cotton will tlake and burn quietly. If dry originally. however. the gun cot ton will explode with terrible force at about =0 degrees of beat. In general it is the custom to ex plode gun cotton by detonation or an intense shock instead of by heat. In a torpedo the explosive charge Is wet. this wet cotton being exploded by means of dry cottor in a tube. this having been fired by a cap of fultr. nate of mercury, the cap itself having been fired by the impact of the torpedo against the targe.-larper's Weekly. UNDER THE OCEAN. Things That Happen at the Bottom of the Sea. Naturalists dispute as to the quantity of light at the bottom of the sea. Ani maIs from below 700 fatoms either have no eyes or faint indications of them, or else their eyes are very large and protruding. Another strange thing is that If the creatures in the lower depths have any color it is orange or red or reddish orange. Sea-anemones. corals. shrimps and crabs have this brilliant color. Sometimes it is pure red or scarlet. and In many specimens It inclines to ward purple. Not a green or blue ish is found. The orange red is the fish's protec tion. for the bluish green light In the bottom of the ocean makes the orange or the red fish appear of a neutral tint and hides it from Its enemies. \Many animals are black, others neutral In color. Some fish are provided with boring tails, so that they can burrow In the mud. The surface of the submarine moun tain is covered with shells, like an or dinary seabeach. showing that It Is the feasting place of vast shoal~s of car nivorous animals. A cod!ish takes a whole oyster Into Its mouth, cracks the shell, digests the meat and ejects the shelL. Crabs crack the sheils and suck out the meat. This account" for whole mounds or shells that are de'n found. Not a fishbone is ever found that is not honeycombed by the boring shellfish and falls to pieces at the touch of the hand. This shows what destruction is constantly going on In these depths. If a ship sinks at sea with all on board It will be eaten by fish, with the exception of the metal, and that will corrode and disapper. Not a bone of a human body will remain after a few days.-Phiadelphla North American. Had to Do It. Champ Clark was showing a constit uent about the capitol one day when he Invited attention to a solemn faced ndivdua!l just entering a committee room. "See that chap?" asked Ciark. "He reads every one of the speeches deliv ered in the house." "What!" gasped the constituent. "Fact." said Clark. "R~eads every word of 'em too!" "Who is he?" queried the visitor, re garding the phenomenon closely. "A proofreader at the government printing office." explained Champ. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. An Easy Numismatist. Mrs. Goodart-You seem to have some education. Perhaps you were once a professional man. Howard Hasher-Lady. I'm a nu::Ismatist by profession. Mrs. Goodart-A nuzaisma ist? Howard Hlasher-Yies. lady; a collector of rare coins. Any old coin is rare to me.-Philadelphla Press. Advice and a Mule. "Givin' some men advice," saId Un cle Eben. "reminds me af tryin' to dis cipline my o1' mule wif a fence rail. It tires out de giver and hurts de re ceiver. but don't make no real dif f'unce."-Washington Star. The Other Half. Sctt-Ualf the people In the world don't know~ what the other half are doing. Mott-No. Trhat is because the other halt are doing them.-itoston Transcript. Stubborn As Mules are ti'.ec' and bowels ,iometime,: seem to halk withot c-ause. Then there's truble Loss of .\ 1petite indigestion. Nervousnes-, Destsndency. 11leadache. lIt suchi trouble-j ly before D~r. King's New Life Pi!!'s. the world's best Stomn aci and Liver remnedy. S>, ea.syV. :2~e. at :!! drugnsts. Silver Seinrice. 'Can i get the silver service for the fire departmaentY" inquired a young man at the free library. "The what?" asked the girl at the "The silver service for the tire d1e partent-the questions they ask you when you take the silver service exam inations. you know."-Newark News. Knew What She Was Doing. Pastor-I was sorry for your wife during the sermnon this morning, doc tor. She had such a dreadful fit of coughing that the eyes of the whole congregation were fixed upon her. Doctor-Don't you be unduly alarmed, She was wearing her new hat for the HIS BUMPS. The Explanation Given by the Book on Phrenology. They were newly tuarried and were c-alin:t upon: one of the friends of the bride v ho had been particularly pl-as ant upcn the ca of their wed din;:. The biridegr. ipropos of nothing. began t, tn'ik ai phrenalo gy an.d told how his wife had discov ered two very prmaine::t b.u:ps on the back of his head. :I, -.:'d o them. So was she. and sh: , ,sed him around that the host and h 4:e1s might feel the bumps and know Of heir C istence. Then she explained.: "My book ion phrenology says that they mean good memory and generos ity. It was evident that sie was proud of the facts, and so was he. But the host, being of an inquiring turn of mind, wished to satisfy himself, so ho got down a phrenological work from one of his library shelves and after much labor found the bumps on the chart. Turning to the notes., he read. seriously at fOrst. then unsteadily. The bride bc-ame suspicious., but she was game and said: "Izeaoi it out loud. Please dos" And tLe host read: "These bumps are most frieuently found on cats and monkeys." Other topics consumed the remain der of the visit. which was brief. New York Sun. THE CABINET LEAK. Daniel Webster Was Not Long In Dis coverinq Its Source. Once years ao. when Daniel Web ster was secretary of state, there was an Important foreign matter Op for dis cussion before tb eabinet, and the ut most secrecy was of course maintain ed. but the whole thing was blazoned about in a few hours after the cabinet meeting. So the president hastily sent for his cabinet to talk over this leak. Each man had a dlfferent idea of It. Finally Mr. Webster aroso. saying. "You, gentlemen. go on with your dis cussion, and I'll be back In a minute." In a few minutes he returned and re peated every word that had been spo ken in the room in his absence. He explained that if by standing close to the door outside the cabinet room you held your ear to it you could not dis tinguish one itzielligible word, but If moving back from the door and a little to one side upon a certain spot in the carpet you kept an attentive ear ev ery word could be plhanly heard as though whispered. Some enterprising eavesdropper had been experimenting with the door and -had found that upon that exact spot there was some acoustic property of the door or room that conveyed the sound in perfect en tirety. "Going-Going" The auctioneer had auctioneered for the last time, for he was very Ill and lay now almost at death's door. Beside his bed stood the doctor and the auctioneer's wife. anxiously watch-! Ing each symptom, each movement. each respiration. "Doctor." hoarsely whispered the hammer wielder's wife, "what is his pulse now?" The doctor; raised the patient's wrist. "His pulse,'' he answered, "is now going at 104." The auctioneer sat up excitedly in bed. "oing at 104:" he cried feebly. "-Go ing at 104: Who'll make it 103? Do I hear 105 for a pulse that has been run ning steadily for forty-seven years and never once stopped? Will you bid 105?. Who'll make it 105?" But no one made It 105. And a min ute later the auctioneer was going-go ing-gone-Exchanlge. How Eskimo Women Die On har first entrance to her new but of snow an Eskimo woman is buoyed by hope of welcoming a son. What of her last incoming to those narrow con fines? She knows that the medicine man has decided that her sickness is mortal when she is laid upon her bed of snow. She gazes upon the feebly burning lamp beside her, upon food and drink set close at her hand. She sees her loved ones pass out of the doorway that needs no tunnel entrance to keep chill airs away, for presently the door is sealed with snow. The chill of death pierces through her en 'eloping furs. Hecr tom'o insures that no long tarrying will be hers. The soul, companioning with her. may re fresh itseif with food; but, starving and freezing, her feeble body will wit ness even that soul's departure and know that Its hour has come to perish alone.-Hlarper's Bn-zsr. -Paying For the Spots. "I conceived a perfectly dandy scheme for saving my table linen and teaching Jack to be dainty about his carving." said a young married wo man. "Every time he gets a spot on the tableeloth I have him cover It with a coin. The larger the spot the larger the coin, and more often than not it takes paper money to cover it all. Then Norahi takes up the money when she clears the table, and we save It up to buy kitchen utensils." - New York Press. Think It Over. Fuddy-What a happy world this would be if more of us got what we wanted! Dudy--Yes, or elss fewer of us got what we deserved. - Boston Transcript. Comforting tho Sick. Louise Jebb-And tell Tom not to worry about me. Mary-I did. H~e said he wouldn't. 'The horrid brute:"-Life. The song that nerves a nation's heart Is in itself a deed.-Tenniyson. Saved A Soldier's Life. Facing death from s.hot an.. shell in the civil war was more agreeable to -J. A. Stone of IKemp. Tex.. than facing it from what doctors said was consump tion. "I contracted a 5tubborn cold" he writes. "that developed~ a cough. that tuck~ to ;:e in spite of a:! remedies for years. My weight, ran down to 134) pouds. lien I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery. which completely cured me. I 'ow weigh 1'> pounds."- For Couhs. Colds.LaGrippe. A schrr qiem orrhe, Iloarseness. Croup'. Whooping Cou'h an Lung trouble, it's sup)remeC. Sc and $100 Trial bottle free. Guar an'eed hv alil druggists. In Honor of Minerva. The most notable festival at Athetns was in honor of Minerva. All classes of citizens on this particular day marched In procession- The oldest went fist. then the young men, then the children. the young women. the matrons and the people of the lower orders. The most prominent object in the parade was a ship propelled by hidden machinery and bearing at its masthead the sacred banner of the gon ess A RUSSIAN PRISONER. Experience cf a Man Who Was Chain ed to a Wheelbarrow. In writting of the Schluesselburg prison In McClure's Magazine David i Soskice tel:s of a prisoner who was chained to a wheelbarrow: "Schedrin had been condemned to hard labor In the convict mines of Si beria and for an attempt to escape from there had been sentenced to be chained to a heavy wheelbarrow. When the order came for his transfer from Siberia to St. Petersburg no con veyance could be found large enough to cv"ta:n him, the wheelbarrow and the convoy of gendarmes. Yet, as the wheelbarrow had become a part of the prisoner, the gendarmes were afraid to leave It behind. It was there fore deci'ded to place Schedrin with his convoy in one cart and the wheelbar row behind In another. For several months, day and night. Schetdrin and the gendarmes galloped through Si beria upon a troika (a three horsed cart or sledge). while another sped be hind them upon whiczh the wheelbar row reposed. causing the deepest amazement among the peasants In the villages through which they passed. Upon the arrival of the prisoner in SS. Peter and Paul he was once again chained to the barrow. and only after he had been six weeks In the Schlucs selburg was he finally data-:hed from It and given freedom of movement within the narrow co'-Jnes of his cell. "When they unchained me.' said Schedrin subsequently, 'I could not get enough movement. I wanted to run and run, and It seemed to me that I could never stop. [ow strange it is that men who can enjoy perfect free dom of movement never realize the wonderful happiness that is theirs.'" HENRY CAVENDISH. A Rceltee, He Lived Far From the Madding Crowd. Henry Cavendish. the famous natural philosopher and chemist, was a recluse who astonished England. A son of Lord Charles Cavendish and a nephew of the third Duke of Devonshire. possessed of enormous wealth, the subject of unifversal rd miration because of his scientii1c at tainments, he preferred the solitude of his study and the company of his books to the pleasures society could offer him. For many years he lived at Banp stead In a large, roomy house, attended by a number of female servants, who. however, were strictly enjoined to keep out of his sight. If a domestic by the merest chance came into the presence of Cavendish she was instantly dis missed. Every morning the philosopher would leave a note on the hall table naming what he wanted for dinner. No one saw him place the note there; but, ac customed to the strange customs of the establishment, the meal would be prepared, and only the remains of the repast signitied the presence of the master of the house. When Cavendish died in IS10 he left behind him nearly a million pounds sterling, besides a lasting reputation as a scientlst and writer on natural phl losophy.-London Telegraph. Chrysanthemums. Chryt-anthemums stand fourth in commercial importance among flowers. Only the rose, the violet and the car nation surpass them, and that chiedly because the chrysanthemum season is so short. while the others can be had from the florist nearly the whole year round. Greece gave us the name. Chrysanthemum means "golden flow er." But the name was invented long before the big butter yellow globes were known In the occident. It re ferred to the prevailing gold in the small varieties that were known. Strangely enough, the first chrysan themum brought into Europe was not gold, but purple. It was a small flow er about two Inches across, shaped like an aster. Somebody took it to Europe from China in 1790-and, pres to, the modern history of chrysanthe mums was begun.-Argonaut. Why Ho Could ""at McGregor. Alexander Ure. the lord advocate of~ Scotland, is a keen golfer, and he has a good store of golfing tales. These he is always ready to relate, even If they tell against himself. Playing on a certain course in Scot land. he remarked incidentally to his cadde: "By the way, I played a round with Todd McGregor the last time I was here. Grand player, McGregor!" "Aye," said the caddle, -"but ye could bate McGregor the noo." "Do you think soY' esclaimed the gratified lord advocate, being well aware of McGregor's prowess. -Aye," drawled the caddie. "Mc Gregor's deid."-Golting. How Customs Vary. She-In some parts of Australia when' a man marries each of the bride's rela tives strikes him with a stick by way of welcome Into the family. Uie-Yes. and In many parts of America when a man marries each of the bride's rein tves strikes him with a loan by way of welcoming him Into the family. New York Times. The Glad Hand. "What do you mean by the glad hand?" "Anything," answered Mr. Bloochips. "that wIll beat three of a kind." Washington Star. A Dull Point. Blobbs-Saiphedde is always talking about Us point of view. S!obbs-Yes. but unfortunately it isn't sharp enough to penetrate anything. - PhiladelphIa Record. Let us watch all our beginnings, and results will manage the:nselves. -Clark. Good health is imixsrsile when there is any de'ranZ,rem-t of the' dies'tive or' an. Foleyv's 4 irino in .a-.i vei a r;a: url rmedt&, for,,tomnach. I !ver andl bow ei toubes.' It aid. digestIon. Mizn a :h liver. and ctares habiia! co)nmpla is Blunder. "How did you enjoy the music'-le?" "Oh, I appin:ed at the wrong time, as usual; thought the orchestra tun ing up was a classIcal number."-Kan sas City Journal. Easily Timed Read-lave you ever timed your automobile? Greerne-Oh, yes! It stood perfectly still for forty-eight minutes on the road today. CASTOR!IA For Tnfants and hiIdren. The Kind You Have Alway Bought Bers the mnnaof ere is more toaFlizer hafn Analys.es The mere mixing of materials to obtain analy sis requires no special knowledge. The value of a fertilizer lies in the source from which the plant food is obtained. Each ingredient in Royster goods is selected with a view of supplying the plant from sprouting until harvest. The plant is not overfed at one time and starved at an other. Twenty-five years experience goes with every bag. "MAE 14ARK REGISTERED Sold by reliable dealers throughout the South. F. S. Royster Guano Co. NORFOLE, VA. THE MANNING HARDWARE CO. 1 -] ESTABLISHED IN rS97. Hardware, Tinware, Glassware. Crockeryware, Enamelware. Woodenware, SPotware, Stores, Ranges,~ Oils, Q SHeaters, Wire Fencing, Paints, r P Sporting Goods, Baint Pocket Knives, Brushes, d Razors, Shears Pumpljs ' S Guns. Peig* Shells. Nails, Sheet Iron, Etc .Farm Implements,~ Mill Supplies, Buggy e ~~ and Wagon Material. Tobacco Barn Fines*' GHARDWARE0CO. IIn The Year Sjust closed. 1909, we have much to be thankful for, in common with all our citizens. good trade conditions and a general prosperity. Our trade has about doubled itself Sand we hope this year to see the march of progress con- a Stinued for ourselves as well as our friends and patrons a Severywhere. Friends, we as for a continuance of your Ssupport and patronage, promising on -cur part honest, Sfair and square dealings with alL. Our aim is to offer Syou the best goods at lowest prices. Our stock of SGeneral Hardware Swill be more complete than ever before. New goods are Sconstantly arriving. A full Line of Stoves, Ranges and C Ioeaters. Farmers will find a complete assortment of a SFarming Implements and Tools to select from. Our a C "All-In-One" Plow, entirely new, will fill a long felt a Swant. Another carload of the famous Pittsburg Fence Sfor both garden and field fencirg has just arrived. Agent - for all -Keen Kutter" goods-none. better. 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